Earlier this year we updated colleagues on our financial position, where we forecasted a £42.1m deficit (overspend) for 2025/26. As of September 2025 we have identified all our cost improvement for the year, thank you to colleagues. We now have a revised deficit of £3m and a £32m Cost Improvement Programme (CIP).  

Please read through these short slides, and share them with colleagues, to find out how we have reduced the deficit, and how you can continue to help our financial plans for 2025/26. 

Each year gets tougher financially, but your hard work, ideas, and commitment to cost improvement has helped us manage this. Thank you.